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• Title:Cerebral palsy : a complete guide for caregiving / Freeman Miller, Steven J. Bachrach ; with Marilyn L. Boos [and others].
  
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• Author/Creator:Miller, Freeman.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Bachrach, Steven J.
  
• Published/Created:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2006.
  

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  • Call Number: WS342 .M545 2006
    
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  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: WS342 .M545 2006
    
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  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Cerebral palsied children.
  Cerebral palsy--Popular works.
  
• Medical Subjects: Cerebral Palsy.
  Caregivers.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xiv, 496 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
  
• Series:Johns Hopkins Press health book.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [473]-475) and index.
  
• ISBN:0801883547 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  0801883555 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Pt. 1. Cerebral palsy handbook
  1. What is cerebral palsy?
  2. overview of early child development
  3. Medical problems associated with cerebral palsy
  4. Intellectual, psychological, and social development
  5. Hemiplegia
  6. Diplegia
  7. Quadriplegia
  8. adult with cerebral palsy
  9. How the health care system works
  10. Financing care for the child with cerebral palsy
  11. Navigating the educational system
  12. Being an advocate for your child : using the legal system
  Pt. 2. Caregiving techniques
  Taking care of yourself when you care for others
  Protecting the caregiver's back : basic body mechanics
  Making things easier for you and your child : home modifications
  Choosing appropriate seating
  Choosing and using car seats
  About wheelchair maintenance
  Pressure management awareness
  Choosing a stander
  About walkers and gait trainers
  About braces
  Choosing the correct shoes
  Increasing independence with service dogs
  Managing the system
  Working with a case manager
  Letters of medical necessity
  Occupations for adults with cerebral palsy
  About hospitalization
  Keeping medical history records
  Life planning process
  About casts
  Using nutritional boosters
  Managing tube feedings
  Oral hygiene : providing mouth and teeth care
  Toilet training your child
  Giving an enema
  Giving rectal medications or suppositories
  Suctioning techniques
  Pt. 3. Cerebral palsy encyclopedia
  From Achilles tendon lengthening to vocational rehabilitation.